During his speech, he offered two explanations for how the Beirut blasts took place, one being negligence, and the second being sabotage, wherein someone could have come along and "detonated it with a small explosive," Nasrallah said, according to a translation by Lebanon and Hezbollah analyst David A. Daoud.
"There are several entities that could have come set a small explosive and blown up the ammonium nitrate, including Israel," Nasrallah said.
58-Nasrallah: There are several entities that could have come set a small explosive and blown up the ammonium nitrate, including Israel.
— David A. Daoud (@DavidADaoud) August 14, 2020
He added that consequences will be administered to the party guilty of causing the blast, regardless of whether it was an accident or intentional, and added that if "it's Israel, it's a different conversation."
Nasrallah said that an internal Lebanese investigation must be done, as neither potential future FBI investigations nor international investigations can be trusted. He then called on all of Lebanon, in addition to Hezbollah, to respond if it it was found that Israel was behind the blast.
"It's not just Hezbollah that must respond, but all of Lebanon, its institutions, its people must respond to Israel because this is an aggression against Lebanon," he said.
63-Nasrallah: If Lebanese state investigation proves that Israel was responsible, then it's not just Hezbollah that must respond -- all of Lebanon, its institutions, its people, must respond to Israel, because this is an aggression against Lebanon.
— David A. Daoud (@DavidADaoud) August 14, 2020
"So, you Lebanese must answer this before Hezbollah, what will you do if it's Israel? Will you remain silent because Israel is too powerful?" Nasrallah asked.
"We will punish Israel not just for what happened, but for what could have happened, because by God's mercy the explosion was less destructive than it could have been."
66-Nasrallah: And we will punish Israel not just for what happened, but what could have happened, because by God's mercy the explosion was less destructive than it could have been
— David A. Daoud (@DavidADaoud) August 14, 2020